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Background: For those who have not followed the many Star Wars
novels, you're missing out on a LOT, but here's the basics. Han Solo
and Princess Liea get married. They have three children; the twins
Jacen and Jaina who are sixteen at the time of this story, and Anakin
who is fourteen. Liea is the Chief of State and Han just does whatever
he can to keep busy. Luke created a new Jedi Academy on Yavin 4
(the secret rebel base seen in the original 1976 movie) and has slowly
begun to rebuild the Jedi order to what it once was. He married an ex-
Imperial spy named Mara Jade. If you want to know more: READ
THE BOOKS. You won't be disappointed.
For those of you in the know; this story takes place immediately
following the events in SW: YJK -Crisis on Crystal Reef and
approximately two years prior to SW: The New Jedi Order series.
Star wars: Young Jedi Knights
The Female Conspiracy
By: Stephanie C.
Chapter One
Deep within the jungles of Yavin IV along a small stream, Jacen Solo
prepared to release the last creature that he had kept in his menagerie.
It was an odd thing, and somewhat amusing. During its captivity, the
nearly invisible crystal snake had repeatedly tried to escape and
sometimes had even succeeded with disastrous results. Jacen had freed
it, along with his other pets, just prior to the attack on the Jedi temple
by the Shadow Academy, but surprisingly, the snake was found back
in its cage afterwards.
Just over a month ago, Jacen, his twin sister Jaina, and their friends
Tenel Ka, Lowbacca, and Zeck, had been the center of attention at a
grand awards ceremony. They had been recognized for their part in
bringing about the downfall of the Shadow Academy, the Diversity
Alliance, and the nefarious criminal organization, Black Sun.
Nearly every Jedi Knight, from Master Luke Skywalker's first twelve
students to the newest beginner, had attended. As had the awardees'
parents and several delegates from The New Republic Senate. Jacen
and Jaina's own mother, Chief of State Liea Organa Solo, had passed
out the medals in the exact same location that she had given medals to
their father Han Solo and Uncle Luke Skywalker over twenty years
ago after the destruction of the first Death Star.
It had been a grand time, but the young Jedi's euphoria had been short
lived. With nearly every Jedi Knight present, Jedi Master Luke
Skywalker made an announcement.
Since it's founding shortly after the death of emperor Palpatine, the
Jedi Academy on Yavin IV had been the sole learning center for the
Jedi Knights, but now that was about to change. The Academy would
still be the primary learning center for beginning Jedi under the
tutelage of the Jedi historian Tionne and Jedi Knight Cam Sullusar.
But once the students reached a certain level of skill, they would be
apprenticed to experienced Jedi Knights to complete their training on a
one to one basis, much like the Jedi of the Old Republic had done.
Master Skywalker had already had a list of students who were ready
for that step, and had even already made a few carefully considered
master/apprentice pairings, but for the rest, he let the older Jedi's
choose students that they felt compatible with.
Their friend Lowbacca had already left with his new master, the
grizzled old former prospector Streen, and their friend Zeck had just
left the day before with his. There had been sad goodbyes in both
instances. But the one for Zeck had been even more so for Jaina. She
had not been at the landing platform to see him off, but Jacen knew
that his sister had given the dark haired boy a long private farewell in
her chambers the night before. He and Tenel Ka had not had the heart
to tell her that she had been rather loud and that she had wakened
nearly the whole Academy, nor that they had to stand guard outside
her door the whole night as others came running, thinking that she was
being attacked.
Jacen and Jaina would be training under their aunt and uncle, Mara
Jade-Skywalker and Luke Skywalker. Knowing the hectic schedule
that the pair kept, Jacen knew that he would have no time to care for
and feed his menagerie. That was why he was releasing his more
dangerous pets and giving the gentler ones, like Nikta, the blue furred
Gort, to a younger student who had also showed empathy for animals.
At least that was the excuse he had given himself and everyone else.
The real reason, he knew deep down, that he was giving his pets away,
was the scantily clad red haired girl who now stood a short distance
away beside his sister.
The daughter of a Hapan prince and a Dothimir warrior, Tenel Ka was
raised with wildly opposing heritages; that of the strict protocol of the
Hapan Royal Court with all of its plots and intrigues, and that of the
savage and brutal wilds of Dothimir with its directness and no
nonsense ways of dealing with every day life. Her preference was
obvious in the way she dressed. Normally she wore a brief rancor hide
armor that reached down to her mid thighs, but recently, she had worn
only the supple lizard skin outfit that she usually only wore while
doing her vigorous exercises. It revealed quite a bit of her well
muscled body, most notably her rear where there was only a thin strip
of the material that delved between her cheeks before wrapping
between her legs to cover her groin. The inner swells of her breasts
were also visible under the loose lacings in the front. Her ever-present
utility belt hung loosely on her hips. It held a wide variety of tools and
weapons that ranged from a grappling hook and fiber rope to her
lightsaber that was made from the tooth of a rancor. The lightsaber
was her second one. The first had been improperly built due to the
warrior girl's pride and belief that the warrior was more important than
the weapon. Ignoring the slight flaws in the crystals that would direct
and control the blade, she had carelessly pieced the weapon together.
Her arrogance cost her her left arm. While sparring with Jacen, their
blades locked together, the weapon exploded, allowing Jacen's blade
to pass through the empty space and sever her arm just above the
elbow. Tenel Ka had learned a valuable lesson that day, and had
refused a prosthetic replacement arm in part to be a constant reminder
of that lesson.
But even before that, Tenel Ka had always had a serious, strong
willed, matter-of-fact attitude. Jacen had tried repeatedly over the
years to get her to laugh by telling her silly jokes. It had taken time,
but the warrior girl was finally beginning to loosen up. She had even
told a few jokes of her own, but the one memory that Jacen cherished,
the one that kept him up most nights, was the memory of her lips on
his when she had surprised him with a kiss.
That had been months ago, and true Tenel Ka had become closer to
him since then, especially after his nearly fatal fall from Cloud City on
Bespin, he had yet to experience the taste of her lips again. And he
wanted to so badly.
A crooked smile so reminiscent of her father's spread across Jaina
Solo's lips. Through the special bond that they shared, she could feel
the rush of emotions flowing through her twin, and there was no doubt
as to who those emotions were directed towards. Of course, his
longing stare at the girl beside her made it pretty obvious. She was
happy for her brother and best friend, and was relieved that they were
finally on the road to showing each other how they truly felt for one
another. At the same time, however, as a sister and as a friend, she felt
that it was her responsibility to give them a bit of harmless teasing.
"Come on, Jacen, what are you waiting for? It's already going to be
dark by the time we get back to the Academy."
"This is a..." Tenel Ka began.
"You and Tenel Ka can practice Denubian courtship rituals all you
want when we get back." Jaina continued at the same time,
anticipating her friend's common phrase.
"... fact." Tenel Ka finished. Her cheeks then became flushed when
she realized what her friend had said. She quickly hid her
embarrassment and turned unblinking granite-gray eyes on Jaina.
"What?" The girl asked with an air of pure innocence.
Tenel Ka looked back to where Jacen was kneeling and watched as he
released the crystal snake. Its transparent form was just a shimmer
across the ground, but once it entered the stream, it disappeared
altogether.
"Jacen, my friend, I have a joke for you." She said as he folded up the
cage and stood.
Jacen, who was still blushing furiously from his sister's comment,
was caught off guard by the warrior girl's pronouncement. But of
course, her jokes were so rare, they always caught everyone by
surprise. "Uhm, all okay." He managed.
Tenel Ka took his arm as they walked back to Lowbacca's T-23
Skyhopper that they had borrowed. "Why did the Chief of State's
daughter get stranded in the forest?" She asked in her deadpan tone.
Jacen smiled, "because she did not know when to keep her mouth
shut."
"Ah. Ahah. You have heard it before."
"No, but the answer was pretty obvious."
"Hey!" Jaina protested. Then, "I think that you two are forgetting just
who is the pilot here. So if anyone was to get 'stranded', it would be
you two." Then added slyly, "but of course, I don't think that you
would mind that all that much, would you?"
"This is a fact." Tenel Ka said sadly to herself in a whisper.
Just then, Jacen stopped, halting their forward progress. Tenel Ka
looked at him to see what was wrong only to find him staring at her
with a mixture of shock and... something else... love maybe? It was
only then that she realized that she had spoken aloud and that her
friend had heard her. She pulled quickly away from Jacen so as not to
reveal the tears welling in her eyes, unwilling to reveal her weakness
to him. "Come. It is already getting dark and we must return to the
Academy."
The twins caught up to her at the skyhopper and wrapped her in
comforting arms.
"We are going to miss you too." Jaina whispered. Having not heard
the girl's whispered response, she had mistaken the reason for her
tears. Or maybe she hadn't and was just trying to a less painful subject.
Tenel Ka gave a curt nod. "When Mirram Moss returns with Master
Skywalker and Jedi Mara next week, it may be years before we are
able to see each other again. I will miss you both." As she said this, her
eyes never left Jacen.
"But we can still stay in contact." Jaina said, "Jedi Mirram is a
reasonable person. I'm sure that she will not begrudge you sending a
message or two every once in a while."
Even though her face remained passive, her apprehension was evident
in her eyes. "I do not think so. I have heard that she often spends long
periods of time in seclusion. Even more so than Jedi Streen. She may
take me someplace where it is not possible for me to send a message. I
have also heard that she is very strict in her discipline of the force and
does not allow for many distractions."
"I have never met her," Jaina admitted, "but Kyp Durron told me that
she was dour and a bit too serious at times. Perhaps that is why Uncle
Luke chose her for you. Sounds like you two are a lot alike."
Jacen threw up his hands. "Oh great! There goes all of my hard work,
right out the airlock. Just when I was finally getting you to start
opening up and showing some emotions, Uncle Luke goes and sticks
you with..."
Jaina could not help but laugh. She knew that all of her brother's silly
jokes that she had suffered through had been for the warrior girl's
benefit.
Tenel Ka stopped Jacen's ranting by placing her hand on his cheek.
"You have done much for me, Jacen, my friend. You have changed me
in more ways than you will ever know. You, I will miss more than all
others." She pressed in close and pulled his mouth to hers.
Her taste was even sweeter and more intoxicating than Jacen had
remembered. His hands slid gently around her of their own accord, one
at her lower back and the other at the back of her neck under the mass
of warrior braids. He pulled her even closer, reveling in everything
about her. Her taste, her smell, her touch, everything drew him deeper
to her. He did not want this moment to ever end, and it was obvious
that neither did she.
Off to the side, Jaina watched and felt a stab of jealousy at the extra
time that they would get to spend together. It seemed that Zeck had left
all too quickly, and although it had only been a day since he had left,
she was missing him dearly.
After what seemed like several minutes, she cleared her throat
repeatedly until they finally separated. "I hate to be the third mynock
on the power core, but we do have to be getting back. We still have a
week to spend together and I'm sure that we can find something to do
within that time, so..."
"... what are we waiting for?" They all chorused.
Chapter Two
The flight back to the Academy was relatively quiet with Jaina at the
controls and Jacen in the passenger seat with Tenel Ka in his lap. They
were so involved with each other after that last kiss that Jaina knew
that final parting was going to be heart wrenching. It was sad to know
that they had hidden their true feelings until just before they would be
separated for an unknown number of months, possibly years.
The sun had set but the land around the Great Massassi Temple,
which was now the Jedi Academy, was bathed in the faint orange light
cast off from the moon's parent planet, the gas giant Yavin. Only a
thin sliver of the planet was visible over the horizon. The slanted light
reflection cast odd shadows below Jaina, making the terrain hard to
read, but she knew this area well enough to feel confident. That
confidence was nearly her undoing, as well as that of Jacen and Tenel
Ka.
She circled the temple, still over the trees until she came abreast the
landing field before the cavernous hanger. Feeling cocky, she set the
T-23 on its side and dropped into the clearing. She then screamed as a
sudden sense of danger felt through the force engulfed her. If she had
been going any slower, and if not for her fast Jedi reflexes, the T-23
would have become a permanent fixture in the side of the light scout
vessel that was parked on the edge of the clearing. She took the
Skyhopper several meters straight up before engaging the repulser-lift
generators.
"Wh... where did that come from?" She asked shakily.
The other two could only shake their heads, as they too were surprised
that they were still alive.
Ever so carefully, Jaina brought the T-23 down and guided it inside
the hanger
"Let's not tell Lowie about this. Okay?" Jaina asked as they climbed
out.
"Agreed." Tenel Ka said, still a bit shaken.
"I don't know..." Jacen said musingly, looking so much like his father
at his most mischievous, "what do you think my silence is worth?"
"Jacen?" Jaina pleaded. She was saved any further debasement by
Tenel Ka.
"If you do not remain silent," The girl said in her matter-of-fact tone,
"I will not kiss you again."
"Hey, I was just teasing." Jacen said, "Besides, I'm sure he won't
notice the new dent Jaina put in his skyhopper."
Jaina's eyes flew open when he said this and then looked at the
leading edge of the right wing he had indicated. She quickly relaxed
when she saw that the dent was barely noticeable. In fact, it could have
happened at any time during the sometimes rough handling that she
and Lowbacca had given the small craft. She told the other's as much
since she had not felt them actually hit anything, and besides, if they
had scraped the scout vessel, it was doubtful that the flimsier
atmospheric craft had done any damage to the larger space vessel.
"Let's not tell Lowie about that either, just in case." She said as they
walked away.
When it looked as if Jacen was about to protest again, Tenel Ka
silenced him with another kiss.
The rush of emotions that Jaina felt from her brother made her heart
soar. Jacen had well and truly fallen and she was not about to pull him
back up.
With so many Jedi and students now gone, the temple was eerily
quiet. The only noise came from the occasional droid and the distant
clamor of the younger students as they ate the evening meal. Jaina
heard another noise. One coming from a place where their should not
be any; Luke Skywalker's office.
She looked to the others and saw that they had heard the noise as well.
As one, they started down the side passageway and were nearly to the
door when a woman dressed in a New Republic Fleet uniform stepped
out.
There was a momentary flash of surprise, but she quickly recovered
and gave them a rueful smile. "Oh, finally! You have no idea how hard
it is to find someone in this place."
"Who are you? And what were you doing in Master Skywalker's
office?" Tenel Ka asked, blunt as ever.
"I'm sure that the Lieutenant has a good explanation." Jaina said,
putting a calming hand on the warrior girl's shoulder.
Jorel Lynn was silently cursing her luck. This was supposed to be a
quick in and out mission with no hassles. All of the Jedi were suppose
to be either gone or at the evening meal. What were these three doing
out alone? The smear of lip coloring on the boy's lips was a good
indication however. Still, she had not been chosen for this mission
without cause. She was a quick thinker and could adapt to any
situation just as quickly.
"I'm Lieutenant Sorsha Fenn." She answered and showed them her
falsified identicard. "I'm with New Republic Intelligence. Master
Skywalker requested some information and I brought it for him, but
he's not here."
"No." Jacen said. He still had a nagging suspicion about her. "He will
be back in a week. You can give him the information then, if you
want."
"I would if I could." Fenn said a bit exasperated. "As much as I would
like to finally be able to meet the famous Luke Skywalker, the life of
an NRI currier is never one of rest." She then paused and gave the
twins an odd look. "You are Jacen and Jaina Solo. Right?"
The twins nodded.
"Look," Fenn said, digging into her pocket and retrieving a data disc,
"I'm sure that I can trust you to give this to him and I know that this is
not standard operating procedure, but I really must be on my way."
Jaina took the disc and gave the woman a smile. "It will be no
problem, Lieutenant."
"Thank you." Fenn said and then looked around. "Now, if I can just
find my way out of here."
Jaina gave the woman directions to the hanger, but after she was out
of sight, she noticed that Jacen and Tenel Ka were staring at her.
"What?"
"Something about your lieutenant just does not seem right." Jacen
said.
"This is a fact." Tenel Ka agreed.
"Now look," Jaina said, "I can understand that after all that we have
been through, that you would expect some mystery or conspiracy
lurking around every corner, but come on, don't you think that you're
pushing it here?"
Tenel Ka's blank stare and Jacen's arched eyebrow were their only
answer.
Jaina threw her hands up in exasperation. "All right then, what are we
waiting for? Let's go check it out."
As soon as they stepped inside the office, it was obvious that Jacen
and Tenel Ka's suspicions were well founded. Nothing seemed amiss
at first glance, but a drawer not fully closed and the computer terminal
left on drew their attention.
"So she looked around a bit. She's NRI. That's what they do." Her
defense sounded lame even to her. "Well, let's see what she was
looking at." She added, sitting at the terminal.
"She was going through our personnel files." Tenel Ka said from the
open drawer.
"Same here." Jaina informed them.
"But this is just a list of names." Jacen said, looking at the screen over
her shoulder.
His sister nodded, "Names of all of the Jedi and the students. You can
access their personal data by just selecting their name."
The other two looked at her suspiciously.
"Hey! It's not like I've ever actually gone into these files." She said
defensively. "I have the same set up on my computer... for my stuff."
She added when they continued to stare.
"Is it possible for you to determine whose files she accessed?" Tenel
Ka asked to get back to the subject at hand.
"Sure. Not a problem." She said and quickly set to work.
"That's odd." She said after a couple of minutes. "The only files that
she looked at were those of the female Jedi, and look, she's copied
them. Probably onto a portable reader or, more than likely, onto a data
disc."
"Now why would she do that?" Jacen asked, "it makes no sense. Just
out of curiosity, what's on the disc she gave you?"
"Way ahead of you. I've already checked it. It's blank."
All three looked at each other for just a split second, then as one,
dashed from the office and ran towards the landing field. They
emerged from the hanger just in time to see a familiar scout craft lift
off and rocket towards the sky.
"Oh no you don't." Jaina growled as she ran back inside the hanger
towards Tenel Ka's Hapan passenger cruiser, the Rock Dragon. "No
one makes a fool of me and gets away with it."
"So," Jacen asked Tenel Ka as they helped Jaina do a quick preflight
check, "who's the more foolish? The fool, or the two fools who follow
her?"
"I believe, Jacen, my dear friend," She said in her matter-of-fact tone,
"that that is a rhetorical question."
"Ah. Ahah." He grinned, imitating her tone.
"Hey! What's going on? Where you going?" A voice called from the
direction of the lift.
Jacen turned to see a tussle haired boy of fourteen running up to them
with a slightly younger blonde barefoot girl at his side. Never before
had Jacen been more glad to see his younger brother. "Anakin! I'm
glad you're here."
"Why? What's going on?" Anakin repeated.
Tenel Ka stepped up beside Jacen and put her arm around his waist.
"A spy was in Master Skywalker's office. We are preparing to chase
after her."
"We need you to run and go tell Cam and Tionne what's going on."
Jacen added. "Hurry, we've not much time."
Anakin barely heard a word they said. He had been taken by surprise
by the intimacy displayed by his older brother and Tenel Ka.
"We'll take care of it." Tahiri assured them, taking her friend by the
arm and dragging him back towards the lift tube. "You just be sure that
you catch her."
"What's your problem?" She asked Anakin as they ran back through
the passageways.
"Jacen and... Tenel Ka." He answered, sounding dumbfounded. "I
can't believe it."
Tahiri swatted the back of his head. "For someone with an innate
ability to solve difficult problems, you should have easily figured that
one out. I mean, it's been obvious to everyone but them two, and you
too apparently, for a while now. I say that it's about time."
Anakin shook his head. "Just never picture Jacen being like that with
anyone."
"Why not? He's a boy just like you. You mean to tell me that you've
never had those feelings for me?"
That stopped the young man in his tracks. He could do nothing but
stare at his friend with his mouth hanging open.
Tahiri gave him a wink and a smile before grabbing his arm again to
hurry him along. "Come on. We can discuss that later, but first, we
have to find Cam and Tionne."
Chapter Three
"Got her!" Jaina cried out as she banked the Rock Dragon and
changed directions. "She's got a big lead on us though."
"Can we catch up to her?" Jacen asked from the communications
station behind her.
"I don't know. Maybe."
"Why has she not yet entered hyperspace?" Tenel Ka asked from the
co-pilot's seat. "Do you think that perhaps she is rendezvousing with
someone?"
"This close to the scene of her crime and with a whole fleet of New
Republic warships in orbit? I doubt it... Blaster bolts! Her ship's fast!"
Jaina cursed. "She's seen us and she's trying to make a run for it."
Jaina knew that it was hopeless. The smaller scout craft was too far
away and was just too fast. She was not surprised when, a short time
later, the vessel blinked out of sight as it entered hyperspace.
"Well, that is that." Tenel Ka said to no one in particular.
"Not yet it's not." Jaina said as she jumped to the navigation station
across from Jacen.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Getting her hyperspace vector so that I can figure out where she's
going." His sister answered. "She may have faster sub-light engines
than us, but no one builds a better hyperdrive than the Hapans. Not
even the Falcon is faster in hyperspace."
"Better not let Dad or Chewie here you say that." Jacen warned.
"They may just disown you."
"Or worse." Tenel Ka added in a deadpan. "Never permit you to pilot
the Millennium Falcon again."
Jaina swallowed a lump in her throat. "Yeah. You got a point there."
She checked and rechecked the scout ship's vector and verified it with
a sensor tech onboard one of the Republic frigates. They determined
that there was only one possible place that the ship could be going.
Jaina quickly plotted her own coarse and moved back behind the
flight controls. "Sarrifiss, here we come."
She reached over to the central consol, grabbed a lever, and pulled it
back. Star lines streaked past the viewport and then coalesced into a
mottled multicolor swirl as the Rock Dragon jumped into hyperspace.
"Well, I'm for the 'fresher and then something to eat." She said a
moment later as she stood with a stretch.
"Agreed." Tenel Ka said as she followed her friend back to the crew
lounge. "I shall prepare us a meal and we can take turns in the
refresher."
"You know, we can save power if you and Jacen shared the 'fresher."
Jaina said slyly. She then glanced at Tenel Ka's left arm where it
ended in a stump just above her elbow. "And I don't mean to be cruel,
so don't take this the wrong way, but Jacen scrubbing your back is the
least he could do for cutting off your arm."
Her attempt at levity failed.
"That was uncalled for, Jaina!" Jacen told her. After all these years, he
still felt responsible for the accident. It was a guilt that he knew that he
would have to live with for the rest of his life.
"I am quite capable of washing my own back." Tenel Ka said firmly.
Ever independent, she had learned to overcome her handicap with a
determination that only she could posses. She could do more things
with her one good arm than most beings could do with two or more.
Jacen took her hand and led her to the small galley. "Come on, Tenel
Ka, let's see what we can find to eat.
"Tenel Ka, look," Jacen said as they sat at the small table eating,
"what Jaina said was wrong. She should not have said it. I'm sorry...
and the galaxy only knows how sorry I am for what I did to you. I..."
The girl's gentle hand on his arm stopped him.
"Jacen, my dear friend, I have never blamed you for what happened. It
was my fault for building a faulty lightsaber. I was arrogant and
believed that I could do no wrong. I put off building it until the last
moment so that I was in a rush and not paying full attention to what I
was doing."
"I know," Jacen's face was pained as he tried to express the guilt he
felt, "but I was not fast enough to pull back when your lightsaber
exploded. I should have been... If I was only fast enough!"
"Jacen, the force wills as the force will." Tenel Ka said sternly. "If
you had been faster, I would not have learned my lesson as well as I
have." She held up the stump of her left arm. "This is a reminder of
my arrogance and pride. It is true that you gave me this reminder, but I
do not condemn you, I thank you. We have had this conversation many
times. Let us not have another competition to determine who is more
responsible." With that said, she leaned over and kissed him.
At that moment, Jaina emerged, cleaned and wearing a fresh shipsuit.
" 'Fresher's open." She announced, looking chastised. Then, "guys
look, I just want to apologize for what I said earlier. I know I shouldn't
have. I wasn't thinking."
"Well, as long as you realize it now." Jacen said with a lopsided grin.
"I mean, we should have known that you were not in your right mind
when you insulted the Millennium Falcon."
"This is a fact." Tenel Ka agreed.
"Jaina looked from one to the other. "So... I'm forgiven?"
"Of coarse you are, Sis." Jacen said as he and Tenel Ka started to pull
her into a hug.
Jaina backed away and held up her hands defensively. "Uh-uhn. I'm
clean. You go hop in the 'fresher first."
Jacen and Tenel Ka looked at each other and then simultaneously
said, "you first."
Chapter Four
The Rock Dragon sat motionlessly in orbit around the planet Sarrifiss.
By Jaina's calculations, the scout ship should be exiting hyperspace
any time now.
In the cockpit, Jaina sat anxiously watching the scopes. Behind her, at
the communications and navigation stations, Jacen and Tenel ka
waited even less patiently. Jacen, of coarse, passed the time telling
jokes in which Jaina only groaned in response while Tenel Ka seemed
to not be able to find any humor in them.
Jacen had won the 'fresher argument with Tenel Ka. A first, he
thought wryly. She had used the 'fresher first, and he last. However,
since this had not been a planned excursion, he had no clean clothes in
which to change in to. To his dismay, and Jaina's amusement, he had
no choice but to accept Tenel Ka's offer to borrow some of hers. The
outer clothes were not so bad. Utility trousers that were lose in the hips
but snug at the waist, a matching jacket that he left unfastened, and a
tight fitting sleeveless shirt that molded itself to his chest. It was what
he wore underneath that caused him the most embarrassment and was
the cause of his sister's relentless teasing. Having no clean underwear,
Tenel Ka had given him a pair of her own.
By the end of the voyage, Jacen had begun to ignore what he had on,
and to ignore his sister, but he could not ignore what Tenel Ka was
wearing. She wore a sleeveless body mold fabric shipsuit reminiscent
of the one his aunt, Mara Jade, often wore. True, her rancor hide armor
was more revealing, but the tight, form fitting shipsuit hugged every
curve of her body without squeezing or flattening any part of her. To
Jacen, it was far more provocative than her armor.
"What is it, Jacen, my dear friend?" She asked when she caught him
staring.
He looked away hastily, color rising in his cheeks. "Uhm... nothing.
Sorry."
Tenel Ka's face was passive, but her eyes shined with delight. She
was well aware of what he was looking at. That was the reason she had
chose to wear this outfit in the first place.
With just the hint of a smile on her otherwise calm face, she stood and
leaned across the back of Jaina's seat, which was right in front of
Jacen. "Any sign of your Lieutenant yet?"
"Nope." The brunette asked as she glance over her shoulder with a
sour expression for the warrior girl's subtle reminder of how the spy
had fooled her. "Either her hyperdrive is slower than I thought, or
she's not coming here at all."
"Ah. Aha. It is a small craft, so it is possible that it may not have a
powerful hyperdrive." Tenel Ka reasoned.
Jaina nodded. "Makes sense. She probably sacrificed her Hyperdrive
speed for the enhancements to her sub-lights."
Jacen paid little attention to their conversation. Instead, he was
focused on the sight directly before him. He had never fully admired
this aspect of Tenel Ka before. It was compact, yet very well rounded.
Her body mold fabric shipsuit delved deeply into the center crease
until it came to the small mound visible between her slightly parted
legs. Even the mound had a bit of an indentation. He was really
beginning to enjoy the view when Jaina's exclamation brought his
attention back to the broader galaxy.
"There she is!" Jaina yelled triumphantly.
Startled, Tenel ka fell back and found herself sitting in Jacen's lap.
She sat there a moment trying to comprehend what exactly had just
happened. Jaina was talking excitedly, but the warrior girl's attention
was drawn to what was pressing against her in Jacen's lap. There was
no denying what it was.
Jacen's eyes were still wide in surprise when she turned in his lap and
kissed him. For all its brevity, it was their most passionate yet. He was
still breathless when she finally stood and took her position in the co-
pilots seat.
By now, Jorel Lynn was not surprised by anything. First, she runs into
none other than the infamous Solo twins, an encounter which she felt
that she had barely escaped from, then her hull mounted hyperdrive
flux actuator failed above Yavin as she had tried to make her escape.
She had to do some rapid rewiring and the Jedi had almost caught her
then too. Now, the very Hapan passenger cruiser that had pursued her
was now sitting there in Sarrifiss orbit waiting for her. She would not
have even known that it was there if she had not taken the time to put
tracking devices on the few ships in the Jedi Academy hanger.
Well, there was no hope for it. She could go no further without repairs
to her ship. She had barely made it here as it was. She had contacts
down on the planet below so her best chance was to enlist their aid
while she continued with her plans.
Chapter Five
The majority of Sarrifiss was one vast savanna broken only by the
occasional low mountain range and two mid sized fresh water oceans.
A temperate rain forest banded the equator like one enormous belt. It
was here, on the shores of one of the oceans, that the capital and
primary starport that bore the same name as the planet stood. This is
also where the young Jedi tracked the spy to.
"How are we ever going to find her in this?" Jacen asked with a wave
at the crowded pedestrians.
"Hey, we're Solo's." Jaina smiled crookedly. "It can't be that hard."
Jacen rolled his eyes. "I think you're putting to much faith in Dad's
supposed 'Solo Luck'.
"Ah, but you forget," she held up a finger for emphasis, "we not only
have the Solo Luck on our side, we have the force as well. With a
combination like that, we can't go wrong."
Jacen looked over at Tenel Ka who was trying to look anywhere but at
the twins. "Oh no! We're doomed."
To everyone's surprise, and probably Jaina's as well, Jacen suspected,
they quickly found the docking bay that the scout ship was berthed in.
Even better, the pilot was still with it. Jorel Lynn was standing on the
top hull talking with a dockside maintenance worker. They were both
looking over a mangled protrudence that looked to have once been
cylindrical in shape.
"Looks like someone to a sledgehammer to your flux actuator." The
humanoid was saying.
"Could it have been a meteor or some kind of space debris?" The
woman asked.
The being shook his narrow head, causing the loose folds of skin
hanging from his jowls to sway. "Not at this angle. See? It was sharp
edged and hit from the side. There are white paint smears too. You
collide with someone maybe?"
Jacen and Tenel Ka gave Jaina an accusing look. She ignored the
looks and pulled them out of the alcove and across the duracrete road.
"Okay. We've found her. Now what do we do?" She asked.
"We should take her into custody and return to the Academy." Tenel
Ka answered practically.
Jacen disagreed. "I think she's working for someone else. I say we
keep following her and find out who it is."
"We should be present at the Academy for when our masters arrive."
Tenel Ka countered. "It would be inappropriate if we were not there to
greet them."
"But it would be an even worse judge of our character if we were to
cut this investigation short when we know that there is more that we
can do."
Tenel Ka considered his words for a moment and then looked at her
left arm. "This is a fact," she answered. "nothing is gained by being
hasty. We shall continue to follow her."
Jaina looked at them and smiled. "There, now that wasn't so bad for
your first lover's spat. Now was it?"
"Jaina!" Jacen protested.
"We are hardly 'lovers'." Tenel Ka said pointedly.
"Yet." Jaina added, and then left the two staring as she walked over to
a nearby street vendor selling food and drinks.
The woman who called herself Sorsha Fenn emerged from the
docking bay a short time later. Tenel Ka and the twins followed at a
discreet distance as she made her way through the throng of
pedestrians. She seemed to be in no hurry as she walked at a leisurely
pace down several streets, stopping occasionally to inspect the wares
sold by street vendors or to look at her portable data reader as if
checking directions.
"Why did the eopie cross the street?" Jacen asked at one point when
they crossed a major thoroughfare.
"Perhaps it was carrying a burden for its owner." Tenel Ka said
reasonably.
"Come on, Tenel Ka. It's a joke."
"Ah. Ahah. Very well. Then I should ask: 'Why?' Correct?" The girl
asked in a deadpan.
Jacen looked at her plaintively but nodded.
"Okay then. Why did the eopie cross the street?"
Jacen grinned. "Because 'e -'ad- 'o- pee."
As usual after hearing one her brother's jokes, Jaina gave a groan.
"Ah. Ahah." Tenel Ka said as if in consideration. She did well in
hiding the slight smile on her lips, but her eyes sparkled with mirth.
However, she had to add, "An eopie is but a beast of burden. Why did
it not just pee where it stood as others of its kind usually do?"
"It was a joke, Tenel ka." Jacen said in exasperation. "Ahhh... never
mind."
They walked for what seemed like several kilometers before Fenn
arrived at her destination. It was a plain duracrete building like all of
the others about, but what set it apart from the others was the large
dish antenna on its roof that stretched high into the air. It was a public
holographic communications kiosk.
"Ten to one she's contacting her employer." Jaina reasoned and then
took on a thoughtful stance.
"Don't you remember all of those lectures from Dad about talking
about odds?" Jacen asked only to find himself alone. The girls had
disappeared down the alley beside the building. By the time he caught
up with them, they were already halfway up a service ladder leading to
the roof. Although it would have been great following up right behind
Tenel Ka, he decided to return to the front and watch for Fenn in case
she came out of the building while the girls were doing whatever it
was they were going to do.
"What are you doing?" Tenel Ka asked as she watched her friend
break out her ever-present tool pouch and then use her multi-tool to
open an access panel at the base of the antenna.
"I'm going to see if I can tap into her communication." Jaina
answered, retrieving a portable scanner and running leads from it to
the electronics board she had revealed.
"These ports, "she explained, pointing to where her wires were
plugged in, "are used to test the antenna's frequency ranges. If I can
find the right frequency that our friend is using, we should be able to
listen in on her conversation."
"How will you do that? It could be one of billions of frequencies."
"Never tell me the odds." Jaina scowled and then gave her friend a
wink. "Actually, it's pretty simple. First, I just have to find out which
frequencies that the antenna is currently broadcasting, then it's just a
simple matter of narrowing those few down to the one we want."
"Ah. Ahah." Tenel Ka nodded in understanding.
Jaina had been working the whole time they had been talking so it was
not long before she had found the correct frequency, but no sound
came from her portable scanner. She puzzled over it a minute before
retrieving her comlink from her breast pocket and plugging it into the
scanner's external audio jack.
"... have your shipment, but I'm afraid that there's going to be a slight
delay." They heard Fenn say.
"What sort of delay?" Another female voice asked, sounding staticky.
"I received some damage to my ship. Looks like vandals or
something. The mechanic said that it will take three days to repair.'
"That is not as bad as I feared then. The conference is in two weeks
and I will need those samples on hand to show our associates."
"Don't worry," Fenn assured her, "you will have them long before
then."
"See that I do. Otherwise you will have to seek employment
elsewhere."
"I understand, Mistress Fie-el." There was a brief pause. "I do have
one other bit of news for you. Some potential customers from a well
know company have asked for a meeting with you. I told them that I
would inform you, but they were adamant. I apologize for not
informing you sooner, but they should be arriving there around the
same time that I do."
"I see." The woman said. "Well, I am never one to pass up a lucrative
business transaction. I will have everything ready for their arrival...
Actually, their timing could not be better. I'm sure that I can persuade
them to attend the conference. Was there anything else?"
"No, Mistress. That was all."
"Very well. I look forward to your arrival within the week. Safe
journey, Jorel."
Jaina quickly wrapped up her gear and secured the access panel. "That
communication was to someplace called Rhenda's Haven." Jaina said,
tapping the screen of her scanner where the information was displayed.
"Ever here of it?"
Tenel Ka started to answer to the negative, but Jaina pressed on. "And
who are these 'potential customers'?"
Again Tenel Ka was not given the opportunity to answer.
"And 'Jorel'? I thought her name was Sorsha Fenn."
"She prob..."
"And who is this 'Mistress Fie-el'? I bet she's Fenn's... no, Jorel's
employer."
"That is..."
"And where is Jacen?" Jaina asked as they finally set foot back in the
alley.
"Well?" She asked when Tenel Ka did not answer.
The redheaded warrior girl crossed her arms and arched an eyebrow.
"Are you finished speaking?"
When Jaina nodded, Tenel Ka pointed to a dark area near the end of
the alley. Jacen waved cheerfully at them, but was keeping his eye out
for the spy.
"Oh." Was all Jaina could manage.
Chapter Six
"Wow. That was quick." Jaina said, sitting back from the terminal in
the crew's lounge on board the Rock Dragon. She had tied into the
spaceport's information exchange center to find out what she could
about Rhenda's Haven and had only just begun.
"What?" Jacen asked, "you already found it?"
His sister nodded. "Turns out that Rhenda's Haven is a moon based
resort in the Carboa system."
"Carboa? That's clear out on the outskirts of the Outer Rim." Jacen
mused, recalling his lessons in stellar geography. "Who would want to
travel all that way just to go to a resort? A moon based one at that."
"Some very wealthy people." Jaina answered as she continued to look
through the information. "These prices are exorbent."
"It may be possible that the 'resort' is actually a secret base. Tenel Ka
said in a reasonable tone. "The high prices may be just to prevent
customers from actually wanting to go there."
Jaina thought that over, but then shook her head. "No. Remember
Jorel mentioned customers and that Mistress Fie-el definitely sounded
like a businessperson... Hmmm... That's odd." She added as something
on the screen caught her attention.
"What about her?" Jacen asked, "can you find out any information on
this Fie-el woman?"
"Hold on. I'll see." Jaina said, dismissing what she had been looking
at and setting back to work. I t took several minutes but she found the
information. She turned back to her companions with a frown. "Yeah,
I found her. Sahla Fie-el, age thirty-eight. She's the owner of a club on
the resort called 'The Restitution'. But get this; her father was Admiral
Pien Fie-el, Imperial. He was killed during the Battle of Endor."
"That was almost twenty years ago." Jacen said. "That's an awful
long time to wait for revenge. If that's what she's up to."
Jaina shrugged, "maybe she's just now able to get the resources
needed to carry out her plans."
"I believe that we should visit this 'resort'." Tenel Ka suggested.
The side of Jaina's mouth quirked in a rueful smile. "There, we have a
problem, or at least Jacen does. As I was checking out the information
on the resort, I found a large disclaimer stating that Rhenda's Haven is
'Female Exclusive'. No males of any kind are allowed to even set foot
on the surface."
All three sat in silence for a moment until Tenel Ka stood. "Well, that
is that. Since we are unable to go to Rhenda's Haven, we should return
to Yavin IV. But what are we to do about Jorel?"
"We can't just give up this easily." Jacen protested. "I can stay on
board the Rock Dragon while you two check out the resort and Fie-el."
Jaina shook her head. "I'm sure that they'll do a custom's inspection
of the ship and this is not the Falcon, we have no hidden
compartments. They'll find you and arrest you. And we're not going to
leave you here on Sarrifiss by yourself either. We'll get back the data
that Jorel stole, return to Yavin, and turn everything over to the real
NRI."
"I have an idea." Tenel Ka said into the silence that followed. "Jacen,
my dear friend, are you serious about continuing on with this
mission?"
"Of coarse." He answered, wondering where this was leading.
"Then I may know of a way to get you into the resort. Jaina, may I use
the terminal please?"
Jacen looked over at his sister after she and Tenel Ka had exchanged
places. "I've got a bad feeling about this."
Sarrifiss was an agricultural world so the majority of the businesses
catered to the farmers, but like all starports across the galaxy, it had
establishments that catered to those with peculiar tastes, and of coarse,
these were usually always found in the seedier sections of the cities.
"Are you sure that we're in the right area?" Jaina asked with a weary
glance the gang members that watched them as they passed by.
"Yes." Tenel Ka answered simply.
Unlike the rest of the city, this area was nearly deserted. The buildings
were run down and covered in graffiti. Stripped land speeders sat
rusting along the curbsides and bits and pieces of unusable droid parts
and other machinery lay scattered about. The few being they saw were
poorly dressed and scurried about with nervous glances all around
them. The only ones who seemed at ease were the gangs and the
prostitutes. One of these, a Twi'lek woman dressed in only an
embroidered loin cloth and a thin, gauzy top sauntered up to them as
they approached and pressed her body seductively against Jacen.
"Speak standard, yes?" She purred.
"Uhm... uh... yes." Jacen answered nervously as her near fully
exposed breasts rubbed against him and her hands wandered over his
body.
"Thought so. How about you come with Tili and we have some fun.
Okay?"
"Uhm..."
"He is spoken for." Tenel Ka said in a tone that brooked no argument
and took Jacen's arm to try to pull him away.
Tili just smiled at her, still firmly attached to Jacen. She reached over
and ran a caressing hand down the girl's body, admiring what she saw
and felt. "Ah, you can join too, but I think you two are inexperienced
as yet. No?" Come with Tili and she will show you everything."
She then looked at Jaina who was dressed in her baggy shipsuit. "And
you come too. Tili run special just for you. Three for price of two."
Jaina, who had been enjoying her friends' discomfort until now, just
barely managed a 'no thank you'.
"We are on business and do not have time to accept your generous
offer." Tenel Ka told the prostitute while trying to ignore the hand
resting on her lower abdomen. "Perhaps some other time."
The Twi'lek was obviously disappointed, but with a shrug, she gave
Jacen a final hug and Tenel Ka a caress. "Here is Tili's card. You call
her when you have time?"
Jacen could only nod as he watched her slide the card into the breast
pocket of his jacket before she strutted away with a provocative swing
to her hips.
A sharp blow to his arm brought his attention back to his companions.
Jaina was staring wide-eyed at Tenel Ka who in turn was staring
fiercely at Jacen.
"What did you do that for?" He asked, rubbing the growing knot on
his arm.
Tenel Ka turned away from him and began walking down the street.
"If you do not know, Jacen Solo, then you have a lot yet to learn."
Jaina smiled at his look of confusion and then said in her best Tenel
Ka imitation, "come Jacen, my dear brother, I suspect that you will
soon be learning all that you wish to know about women."
"Not even a droid could hold all of that knowledge...Oww! Now why
did you hit me?"
They soon came to a narrow street that was lined by adult stores that
displayed various novelties of intimacy for a wide range of species.
"Where exactly are we going?" Jacen asked. Tenel Ka had yet to
explain her plan and had refused to answer every time her friends had
asked.
"Here." She answered, stopping before a windowless building with a
partially operating scrolling advertisement under the store's name. She
did not give Jacen a chance to read it before pulling him through the
door.
The inside was a stark contrast from the worn and dilapidated looking
exterior. It was clean and sterile and looked more like a medical ward
or a physician's office than a store.
"May I help you?" A female Sullustan receptionist asked from behind
a counter.
"Yes." Tenel Ka answered, stepping up to the counter. "Your display
says that you manufacture skin forms. We would like to purchase
one."
The receptionist looked from one teenager to the other and was
obviously not satisfied with what she saw. "One moment please." She
said and then disappeared through the doorway behind the counter.
A few minutes later, another being, male and dressed in a clean lab
coat, entered the lobby through another door. He was small, standing
no higher than the young Jedi's shoulders, and very thin and smooth
skinned. His head was shaped like a bird's, but with forward facing
eyes and with fleshy lips on the end of his beak like snout. He held out
a six-fingered hand. "Identificationsss pleassse."
"You do not need to see our identifications." Tenel Ka said, waving a
hand dismissively.
The doctor blinked and shook his head as if clearing it of a bad
thought. "I doesss notsss needsss to seesss yoursss identificationsss."
"We are old enough to receive your services."
The being nodded, "Humansss aresss so hardsss to judgesss. I
suposesss yousss aresss of agesss."
"We are interested in purchasing a skin form." Tenel Ka informed
him.
"Ahsss! Skinsss formsss. I makesss bestesss skinsss formsss than any
one elsesss. Madesss from Latestsss technologiesss in
synthafleshesss."
He was referring to synthaflesh, a highly durable synthetic flesh
compound that was undetectable from real skin. It was used primarily
as small bandages for light wounds in portable medikits, but it was
also used extensively for burn victims and was used as a covering for
prosthetic limbs, much like Luke Skywalker's hand.
"Nowsss," the doctor said, looking Tenel Ka up and down, "whatsss
kindsss of skinsss formsss yousss wantingsss?"
"It is not for me." Tenel Ka told him. "It is for my friend here. He
needs to look like a human female and be able to pass as one under a
bio-scanner. Do you have that technology?"
"What?" Jacen exclaimed. "Now wait a minute. No one said anything
about me having to dress as a girl."
"Jaina laughed, "well, you are wearing her panties."
"Jacen, my dear friend," Tenel Ka said calmly, "do you wish to
continue with our mission?"
"Yeah, but..."
"Then you must do this if we wish to go to Rhenda's Haven. I know
of no other way."
Seeing that he was still not persuaded, she stepped into his arms and
whispered, "if you do this, I vow that I will repay you... with more
than ... more than a kiss." She could not believe that she had offered
herself in such a way to him. She wanted to be with him like that,
more than anything in the galaxy, but she wanted their union to come
natural. This way, it was more like he they were having to trade favors.
It curdled her stomach, but if this was the way it was meant to be, then
so be it.
"More?" Jacen asked nervously.
"Much more." She said, her granite-gray eyes staring intently into his
brandy-brown ones.
Jacen had never felt so overwhelmed before in his young life. He
could feel his heart beating frantically in his chest, but at the same
time, this felt so wrong. He knew that Tenel Ka would not have
offered him such a reward if she did not feel the same way about him
as he felt about her, at least he hoped so. He also knew that her offer
must have cost her more than she was willing to show. She did not
surrender easily at anything, whether it was a simple game of holo-
chess or a fight to the death, but here, she had willingly offered to
surrender her body in exchange for his cooperation. If anything, it was
a sign of her determination to see this mission through and not a sign
of her feelings for him. He decided that his participation was not worth
such a high price. "Okay. I'll do it, but not because of your promise.
I'm doing this only because you asked me to and no other reason. So I
will not hold you to your vow, Tenel Ka. Understand?"
Tenel Ka looked down so as to hide the emotions evident in her eyes.
She was overjoyed that he did not want their union to be in such a way
either, but at the same time, she felt disappointed. She fought to get her
emotions back under control before looking back up into his eyes.
"Yes, Jacen my very dear friend, I understand, but I would not have
minded if you had accepted my offer."
"Really?" He asked, truly surprised.
In answer, she leaned in and kissed him before turning away to face
the doctor again.
"Well?" She asked expectantly.
"Technologiesss I havesss, but willsss costsss extrasss." He answered.
"Credits are not a problem." She assured him since she would be
paying from her own royal annuity funds. After all, aside from
drawing from it to pay for all of the parts Jaina used to repair and
modify the Rock Dragon she had hardly touched it so there should be
plenty to draw on.
"Ahsss. In thatsss casesss, maysss I suggestsss adding a layersss of
bio-neural stimulatorsss. It isss samesss asss used in prosssthetic
limbsss. Yousss touchesss, he feelsss. Only five hundredsss creditsss
extrasss."
Tenel Ka thought it over a minute, but realized that it was a good
suggestion. They did not know what kind of situation they were going
into and it would not be safe for Jacen to be without his sense of touch
for however long a time they would be spending at Rhenda's Haven.
She agreed to the addition.
"Ahsss. Goodsss." The doctor said, rubbing his long fingered hands
together. "Nowsss which of yousss femalesss will providesss the
moldsss?"
"Mold?" Tenel Ka asked.
"Of coarsesss. I cansss makesss the skinsss formsss withoutsss the
moldsss, but is fastersss with a moldsss." he explained.
The two girls looked at each other, at the nervous boy, and then back
at each other before Jaina turned to the doctor. "We will decide after
you have shown us the procedure for making the mold."
"This is a fact." Tenel Ka agreed and then followed the doctor through
the door with Jaina.
" I usesss the Calrissiansss techniquesss." The doctor explained as
they stepped into a relatively large room with a twelve-foot by five-
foot box hung suspended within a gyro sphere.
"The Calrissian Technique?" Jaina asked.
"Carbon freezesss." The doctor said. "It isss very Safesss. Havesss
used it severalsss timesss."
Jaina rubbed her temple. With all of his money making schemes, she
was not surprised, for some reason, to learn that her adoptive uncle had
found a way to exploit the use for carbonite in which the Imperials had
with her father so many years ago on Cloud City.
"I shall be the one to do it." Tenel Ka announced.
"What? Why?" Jaina asked, "I mean..."
"It would not be proper for Jacen to see his sister's body, and I am
closer in size to him than you, so it is the only reasonable solution."
Her look of determination suddenly became demure. "Besides, Jacen
will be seeing my real body soon anyways so I will feel no discomfort
in him knowing what it looks like before hand."
She ignored Jaina's open-mouthed look of surprise and began
undressing. "Well, what are we waiting for, Doctor?"
Chapter Seven
They waited in the lobby for nearly three hours while the doctor
prepared his materials and the new mold. Jacen did not know which of
the girls had provided the mold and he doubted that they would have
told him even had he asked. They both looked more nervous than he
felt and Tenel Ka's hand on his was beginning to squeeze painfully. It
was a mixture of relief and nervousness that he felt when the door
finally opened and the receptionist stuck her head out.
"The doctor is ready for you now." She announced.
The Jaina and Tenel Ka gave him a hug in encouragement before he
left them to follow the Sullustan back to the same room in which the
girls had been.
The doctor was there with an out dated 2-1A medical droid. The box
within the gyro sphere was open with both sides of the mold facing up.
Jacen could see a flesh colored substance covered with billions of tiny
dots lining the dual female shapes.
"Disrobesss and followsss me." The doctor instructed.
When Jacen had removed his clothes, the doctor led him to an
adjoining room where a tight fitting skullcap was placed on his head
and a sealed blindfold put over his eyes. He was then placed within a
chamber where he was soon drenched by a spray of thick fluid that
seemed to adhere to his body. He could not see anything, but he knew
that whatever the stuff was, it stank worse than bantha poodoo.
Thankfully, after several minutes, he was assaulted by another spray of
liquid, but this felt like nothing more than hot water. Just when he
thought that his ordeal was over, he was covered with the smelly stuff
again and then again rinsed off before finally being dried by jets of
warm air.
After He was taken out of the chamber and allowed to see what had
been done to him, he saw that he was now completely hairless except
for what was on his head, lashes and eyebrows.
"I'd hate to see a Wookie stumble into one of these." He commented.
The doctor blinked at him several times and then broke out in the
awfullest screeching cough that Jacen had ever heard come from a
living being. It was some time before he realized that the doctor was
laughing.
"Wookie!" The doctor squealed as he led Jacen back to the first room
and laid him down on a bench.
He watched as the doctor inserted what looked like a short fleshy
catheter in the head of his penis and then roll down the attached sleeve
that was covered with more of the little black dots over the full length
of his shaft. He then injected something into his member that made it
shrink smaller than Jacen could ever remember it being before
somehow pressing it and his testicles completely inside his abdomen.
After that, he used a medical adhesive to hold everything in place. He
would have to pause occasionally as another fit of laughter over came
him. All Jacen could see of that area was a flat nothingness except for
the three-centimeter long fleshy tube that was sticking out of the head
of his hidden manhood. To say that it was uncomfortable would be an
understatement. His conviction to continue on with the mission, and
more importantly, his desire to not disappoint Tenel Ka were the only
reasons that he did not jump up and bolt for the door. The doctor then
stood him up and coated his entire body from the chin down in a clear
liquid that did not run or evaporate. He was told not to touch any parts
of his body together or else they would be chemically bonded for a
time. Jacen was careful to do as he was told.
Once the doctor had completed that task, Jacen was finally ready to be
placed within the mold. He lay face down in the 'front' mold while the
doctor and the droid worked all around and under him, ensuring that
his body contacted the appropriate areas of the bio-neural connections.
Wire leaden suction cups were adhered to his nipples. They also made
sure that the tube sticking out from his groin, or clitoris as the doctor
called it, fit securely within the hole provided for it on the mold. Jacen
was then turned up on his side as the two halves were brought together
and then rolled over onto his back. The doctor, still caught up in his
mirth, and droid repeated their procedure on that half of his body
before sealing the mold together and standing it upright.
Since the two halves had been joined, Jacen had been completely
entombed within the female form, unable to see or hear anything
through the thick carbonite, but just after he was stood up, he felt the
air pressure around him build evenly across his body and then he
began to spin. He quickly lost all sense of direction as the gyro sphere
smoothly changed rotations and began to speed up. Only the force had
kept Jacen from becoming overly nauseated throughout the ordeal.
It seemed an eternity before he was released from the mold and
carried back to the bench feeling dizzy and disoriented.
"Are yousss well?" The doctor asked after several minutes.
Jacen opened his eyes and was relieved to see that the world was no
longer spinning around him. He gave the doctor a shaky nod.
"Then Standsss and I will completesss the proceduresss." He
instructed.
Jacen stood and immediately became aware of the extra weight on his
chest, hips, thighs, and rear. He tried to look down at himself, but the
doctor instructed him to look straight ahead and remain perfectly still
while he held a device over his left breast that activated the electronics
hidden within.
"Nowsss yousss femalesss insidesss as well as outsidesss to any
scannersss." He said and then began adjusting some dials until the skin
form matched Jacen's natural complexion.
He then picked up another device. "Youss will feelsss some
tinglingsss as I activatesss the bio-neuralsss in the skinsss formsss."
It was more of an itch than a tingling sensation that Jacen felt as the
doctor ran the device over every inch of his body.
"Nowsss yousss cansss looksss and get dressedsss." The little being
announced. "I will tellsss the othersss that yousss are readysss."
Jacen waited until he was alone before looking down at himself.
There was no trace of a seam where the skin form ended at his wrists,
ankles and neck. The size of his breasts were his first clues as to which
girl had provided the mold, but it was the narrow tuft of red pubic hair
above the realistic virginal vagina that made it a dead give away. His
cheeks grew flushed as he realized that he was actually looking at
Tenel Ka's nude body.
"I thought he said that you were ready." Jaina exclaimed from the
doorway.
Jacen instinctively moved to cover himself, but the rush of sensations
that erupted from his breasts